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1) The familiar
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when...
Author
Series
DemonWars saga the buccaneers volume 1
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Saga Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
437 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Returning to his signature world of Corona, introducing a dynamic new part of the southern coast, a fantasy author brings together a ragtag crew of Xoconi, dwarven Powrie pirates and human sailors--once enemies, now fierce friends with a common enemy and the spark of rebellion.
Author
Publisher
Red Tower Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
474 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The five most dangerous liars in the kingdom have been mysteriously summoned to work together to kill the God King Joon, who unfairly imprisons, ruins or sells the poor and innocent while the nobles flourish.
Author
Series
Daughters of the lamp volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sahara prefers logic and science over magic, but when she travels to Cairo for a family wedding, her resistance to magic fades when she discovers that she is next in a line of women tasked with guarding Ali Baba's treasure.
Author
Series
Snow Like Ashes volume 2
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First paperback edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Physical Desc
483 pages, 19 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's been three months since the Winterians were freed and Spring's king, Angra, disappeared--thanks largely to the help of Cordell. Meira just wants her people to be safe. When Cordellan debt forces the Winterians to dig their mines for payment, they unearth something powerful and possibly dangerous: Primoria's lost chasm of magic. Theron sees this find as an opportunity -- with this much magic, the world can finally stand against threats like Angra....
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
448 pages ; 203 x 135 mm.
Language
English
Description
Game of Thrones meets Graceling in this striking fantasy tale of dark magic, dangerous politics, and discovering your true self. Sara Raasch's debut fantasy is a lightning-fast story of loyalty, love, and controlling one's destiny. Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. The Winterians' only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape, and who have...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
407 pages illustrations 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection--a tale of familial loyalty and betrayal, and the pursuit of magic and power"--
For generations the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of ancient and rare books. Books that let a person walk through walls or manipulate the elements-- books of magic that half-sisters Joanna and...
Author
Series
Eurona duology volume 2
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
496, 11 pages : map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
One hunt has ended, but the pursuit for love and justice continues. The kingdom of Lochlanach has traded the great beast that once terrorized the realm of Eurona for something far more dangerous: the ire of powerful Lashed woman Rosaria Rocato. Rosaria demands that Eurona overturn the laws prohibiting magic, or an innocent will be killed each day. Despite the king's resistance, Princess Aerity believes they must make peace with the Lashed, and though...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs, and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate...
12) Reflection
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
408 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Captain Shang is mortally wounded by Shan Yu in battle, Mulan must travel to the Underworld, Diyu, in order to save him from certain death. But King Yama, the ruler of Diyu, is not willing to give Shang up easily.
Author
Series
Demonwars saga:the buccaneers volume 1
Publisher
Saga Press, and imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First Saga Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
437 pages : illustrations (maps) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In Pinquickle's Folly, New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore returns to his signature world of Corona, introducing a dynamic new part of the southern coast never written of before as a great starting place for readers in the DemonWars Saga: The Buccaneers. The first adventure in the Buccaneers trilogy begins in the free sea outside of the control of the usurping Xoconai empire, where the dwarven powrie pirates and merchants sail. But...
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
418 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband's back. Freya's dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region's jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret: She possesses a drop of a goddess's blood, which makes her a shield maiden with magic capable...
15) Destroy the day
Author
Series
[Defy the night] volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
547 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Corrick, Tessa and Harristan battle seemingly insurmountable odds to find their way back to each other and save their kingdom"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
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Description
When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. There’s only one problem—she’s not married. She’s never seen this man before in her life. But according to her friends, her much-improved decor, and the photos on her phone, they’ve been together for years.
As Lauren tries to puzzle out how she could be married to someone she can’t remember meeting, Michael goes to the attic...
17) Daughter of dusk
Author
Series
Publisher
[Livia Blackburne]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
As tensions rise within Forge's Council, and vicious Demon Rider attacks continue in surrounding villages, Kyra knows she must do something to save her city. But she walks a dangerous line between opposing armies: will she be able to use her link to the Demon Riders for good, or will her Makvani blood prove to be deadly? Kyra and Tristam face their biggest battle yet as they grapple with changing allegiances, shocking deceit, and vengeful opponents....
Author
Publisher
Lake 7 Creative
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
152 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"You've been swept away from home by a deadly tornado, and you find yourself in the Land of Oz--a magical world of monsters, witches, and talking animals. Every moment, your life is at risk. Use your knowledge and courage to survive such perils as tiger-bears, winged monkeys, and angry trees. Adapts the classic novel into a Choose Your Path book, putting readers in control of the action. Do you have what it takes to traverse the road of yellow brick?...
Author
Series
Red queen volume 2
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 20
Physical Desc
444 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they've always known -- and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul. Mare Barrow's blood is red -- the color of common folk -- but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a...